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Chapter 16
Professional Knowledge
in Support Services . . . . . . . . . . 556
Systems and the
Support Services Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Maintaining the Healthcare Environment . . . . . . 559
Staff Management and Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
Legal and Ethical Issues
for Support Services Workers . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Employment Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Ethical Standards of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Health and Safety in Support Services . . . . . 574
Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Fire Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Oxygen Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Electrical Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Transportation Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
Food Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Disaster Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Chapter 16 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Chapter 17
Academic Knowledge:
Body Systems for Maintenance
and Continuation . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Study Skills for Health Science
Students: Reading Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Body Systems for
Maintenance and Continuation . . . . . . . . . . 591
The Digestive System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Food as a Source of Energy and Nutrition . . . . . 592
The Process of Digestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
The Excretory (Urinary) System . . . . . . . . . 601
The Excretory System and Waste Removal . . . . 601
The Urinary System and Blood Filtration. . . . . . . 603
The Kidneys’ Role in Maintaining Homeostasis . . 605
The Reproductive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
The Male Reproductive Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
The Female Reproductive Organs . . . . . . . . . . . 608
The Genetic Uniqueness of Offspring. . . . . . . . . 610
Reproductive Hormones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
The Reproductive Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Stages of Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Chapter 17 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Unit 5
Biotechnology
Career Pathway. . . . . 624
Chapter 18
Career Skills in Biotechnology
Research and Development. . . . 626
Personal Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Biotechnology Research and
Development Career Choices . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Careers That Focus on
Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Careers That Focus on
Manufacturing and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Careers in Sales and Technical Support. . . . . . . 635
Careers That Focus on Quality and Regulation . . 636
Additional Career Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Team Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Leadership Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Leadership Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Technical Skills
for Biotechnology Research
and Development Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
Biosafety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Laboratory Safety Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Tasks Performed by Laboratory Workers . . . . . . 644
Sales and Technical Support Skills. . . . . . . . . . . 653
Employability Skills
for Healthcare Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Continuing Personal and
Professional Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655